Forgive My Mess …

There should be bright orange signs all over this site warning you of the hazards of new construction points.  However, I don’t know how to post orange signs, so I’ll just ask that you be patient with me as I continue to build this site.  I’m learning.  And I’m playing, too.  And I’m open to suggestions.  Let me know what would be helpful for you.

Who am I?

I am Kay Richter. I am a curious Christian.  I am a pastor ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  I am serving the New Evangelical Lutheran Parish in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  The Parish is made up of First Lutheran (Ewen), and Our Saviour Lutheran (Paynesville). I am a Reiki Master.  I create jewelry and other things with wire and beads and loose stones.  I make scrapbooks and write short stories (fiction, mostly).

And I’m curious about everything.  At the moment, I’m learning more about…

• Creating websites and blogs!
• Prayer and meditation
• Spirituality – a broad and wide-ranging topic with many side roads and interesting paths to follow
• Faith formation, especially for people who don’t have a church background like mine
• Making prayer beads and creating mandalas as a prayer aide

A bit of history — I grew up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and both of my parents grew up here, so I’m a “Yooper” through and through.  I am enjoying being back home in the U.P.  I graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in English (creative writing) and I also accidentally completed a major in Classical Studies (Greek, Ancient History, etc.).  I received my Master of Divinity degree from Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary in St. Paul, MN.  I also worked on a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University, but my adviser and I couldn’t agree on what the dissertation should look like, so that was never completed.

Welcome to my website.  I hope you enjoy wandering through the mess with me.